PORTO/LISBON - With six Portuguese teams, the final for the championship, the final six, will start tomorrow, June 10th. The participating teams which have qualified are FC Porto, Leixoes SC, SL Benfica, Leca FC, Sporting CP and CBA Rebucados Dr. Bayard. Most known players in action will be Torbjörn Blomdahl, Dani Sánchez, Jef Philipoom, Jean van Erp, Manuel Rui Costa and Joao Ferreira.
The playoffs start with the matches FC Porto-CBA Rebucados Dr. Bayard, Leixoes SC Benfica and Leca FC Sporting CP. The teams meet in a double competition over 20 days.
The program continues on Saturday with:
10.30: FC Porto-Benfica, Leixoes SC Sporting CP, Leca FC CBA Rebucados
15.00: Porting FC-Sporting CP Leixoes-CBA Rebucados, Leca-Benfica.
Sunday: Leca FC Porto, Sporting CP CBA Rebucados.
The selections from which six teams can choose:
FC Porto: Torbjörn Blomdahl, Dani Sánchez, Dick Jaspers, Rui Costa, Joao Ferreira, Santos Oliveira, Alipio Jorge.
Leixoes: Joao Ferro, Joao Vale, Joao Viegas, Américo Rui, Alvaro Cruz
Leca FC: Jean van Erp, Jef Philipoom, Mario Aranha, Jose Escudero, Vitor Fernandes
Sl Benfica: Alberto Gomez, Juan Zapata, David Martinez, José Antunes, Luis Dias, Fernando Silva
Sporting CP: Frédéric Caudron, Roland Forthomme, Eddy Leppens, Jorge Theriaga, Joaquim Alvez
CBA Rebucados: Luis Santos, Carlos Tapades, Antonio Saramago, Rul Palhares, Vitor Frazao, Jose Luis Santos.